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Who Will Grey’s Hook Jo Up With Now That Alex Is Gone? – E! NEWS

March 12, 2020 medical

Dr. Jo Wilson is back on the market.

Now that Grey's Anatomy has finally said goodbye to OG character Dr. Alex Karev in truly shocking fashion after Justin Chambers' sudden departure from the series in January, leaving Jo (Camilla Luddington) stunned as she learned her husband had children with long-lost love Izzie Stevens and was both divorcing her and leaving her all his shares in Grey Sloan Memorial, it's time to look towards the future.

Namely, Jo's future romantic prospects.

Sure, there will be a mourning period as Jo processes the way in which her world just turned upside down. But that will end and then the show will get back to what it does best: pairing her off with someone new. (And as for Luddington's real-life pregnancy with baby No. 2 that she just announced, here's hoping the show does not add an especially cruel twist to this whole Alex debacle and make her pregnant with his child after he abandoned her. There's enough baby drama going on with Amelia. We don't need any more. )

While much of Grey's' cast of male characters are already paired off, there are a few available men with whom Jo just might find a perfect match. Let's break 'em down.

Dr. Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti):Never forget that DeLuca and Jo did spark a connection that got him beaten to a pulp in the season 12 finale by Alex when he misunderstood what, exactly, was going on between the two in the loft. (DeLuca was just helping a very drunk Jo into bed, like a gentleman.) Now that DeLuca has ended things with Meredith (Ellen Pompeo), he and Jo could explore what was once there between the two of them. Butand it's a big butthe mania he's currently displaying, causing everyone to fear the possibility that his father's bipolar disorder may be manifesting in him, has us thinking this could also be a major recipe for disaster. Not that Grey's has every shied away from that, though.

Dr. Atticus "Link" Lincoln (Chris Carmack): The hunky new Chief of Orthopedic Surgery arrived on the show last season with a built-in history with Jo as the two were good friends growing up and have resumed their friendship, becoming the other's closest confidant at the hospital. With his relationship with a pregnant Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) on the rocks over the possibility that her baby isn't his, we could easily see Link and Jo going from leaning on one another to laying with one another, if you catch our drift. Although, if the baby is his... (Again, that sort of extra wrinkle isn't exactly one the show would try and avoid. It might just make this all the more likely.)

Dr. Cormac Hayes (Richard Flood): Sure, Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) sent McWidow to Grey Sloan as a gift for her person, Mer. And there's no denying that the two sure have a lot in common, much more than she ever did with DeLuca, and there's certainly something brewing there. But, if we're being frank, we'd rather see the Irish new head of Pediatric Surgery remain friends with Mer, giving her someone to navigate widowhood alongside while not complicating things with romance, too. And don't forget, Jo and Hayes did share a brief, if incredibly charged moment in the nursery when she was struggling to hand off the baby that had been surrendered at Station 19. We wouldn't mind if the show let Hayes replace Alex in every sense, having him become Jo's new love and Mer's new BFF.

Someone We've Never Met: Of course, showrunner Krista Vernoff might opt to introduce a new character entirely as she sets out to chart Jo's romantic recovery post-Alex. And that might not be the worst thing. Only time will tell...

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Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research

March 12, 2020 medical

PubMed NLM ID: 101576822Index Copernicus Value:84.15

Anatomy andPhysiology: Current Research is an international open access, peer-reviewed, academic journal that aims to publish original research articles, clinical trials, reviews, case report, editorials, letter to the editor, short communication, opinion, book review, commentaries, short reviews and other special featured articles related to anatomy & physiology.

Anatomy and physiology: current research focuses on publishing scholarly articles from the areas such as:

Journal is open to original research articles and clinical cases as well studies covering clinical and applied topics on anatomy and physiology on areas such as:

Editorial board members of Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research or outside experts review manuscripts; at least two independent reviewers approval followed by the editor is required for the acceptance of any citable manuscript

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The Basics of Drawing Anatomy for Artists – Artists Network

March 12, 2020 medical

Drawing Anatomy

The study of human anatomy, for artists, can be as simple and straightforward as learning about proportions and working from life, or as involved and complex as mastering an understanding of the skeletal, muscular, and surface structure of the human body. Artists pursue anatomy drawing to learn how to draw a human form as it appears in various positions or postures. Oftentimes, anatomy for the artist revolves around creating detailed anatomy drawings and anatomy sketches that can be referred back to in the studio.

This topic page will guide you towards links, resources and youtube tutorials to help you on your way to mastering drawing the human body. For more inspiration, follow Artist Dailys Anatomy board on Pinterest.

Drawing male vs female hips Many artists who focus exclusively on the female form struggle to translate their talent to drawing men. Thats why its important to study the two forms and practise drawing people and their different forms.

Drawing feetA quarter of our bones are in our feet, which can make feet among the most difficult things parts of the body to draw. A good way to master the foot structure is to study medical drawings of the bones and work from there to muscles and skin.

Anatomy drawing inspirationMedical books are a great place to start when discovering the human form. After all, Da Vinci himself drew directly from cadavers. Learning the position of ligaments and tendons will teach you the right way that muscles sit on the body, and avoid any awkard positioning of muscle structure.

Drawing gesturesBy learning how to draw gestures even by means of simple stick drawing at first you can expand your understanding of how the body looks when creating those movements. By mastering common poses, you can improve your anatomy drawing dramatically.

Common anatomy drawing mistakesForgetting about the natural variations in skin can result in inaccuracies when drawing live models. Always take into account a models sun tan and natural pigmentation when youre coding the values of the skin tones, since that will cause certain parts of the body to appear more forward or backward than others.

For body drawings that look real and are incredibly satisfying to know that YOU are capable of drawing, learn alongside Brent Eviston in this drawing lesson.

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Anatomy of the fall (an update) – Marcus Padley – Livewire Markets

March 12, 2020 medical

You are supposed to use a log scale on a share price chart if looking at charts over a long period of time. The basic explanation is that a log chart shows two equivalent percentage price changes represented by the same vertical distance on the scale and to accommodate that the distance between the numbers on the scale decreases as the price of the asset increases.

I read one article this morning talking about the Historic coronavirus correction. This is a 100-year chart of the Dow Jones using a normal price scale. The 1929 Crash and the 1987 Crash, because they were so long ago when the index was just a few hundred points, are now considered, on this chart, irrelevant.

But if you lived through 1929 or 1987 they were not irrelevant, they were disastrous. To illustrate that you use a log chart. Here is the same chart using a log scale. Suddenly the 1929 Crash and the 1987 Crash are in perspective to how devasting it was. And suddenly the Coronavirus Correction is in perspective.

Sorry, but the Coronavirus Correction is hardly historic. Not yet anyway.

ANATOMY OF THE FALL

I wrote an article at the beginning of last week called the Anatomy of the Bounce which included a look at the stocks that had fallen the most and were (presumably) likely to bounce the most on a relief rally.

At the time the ASX 200 had dropped 13.23% from top to bottom and was clearly about to bounce. It bounced 4.47% from the low that day to the top the next day. Since then it has fallen another 15.10% to yesterdays low.

As of Trumps speech yesterday the markets have bounced for the second time in this correction. He has belittled the coronavirus saying 25,000 to 70,000 people die in the US from influenza every year and the countrys infrastructure doesnt have to grind to a halt because of it, so why now for a few hundred cases. His speech started to turn things glass half full. When he started speaking our market rallied 7.23% from the low yesterday to the high yesterday.

With a little bit of optimism we start focusing on the better news. Things start to look more glass half full for the first time in three weeks. The cases in China have (apparently) peaked and fallen, Xi is brave enough to visit Wuhan, and the publication of the mortality rates so far suggest the problem is minor for those without pre-existing medical conditions that are under 70.

And the US market rallied 5.5% from its low the day before to the close last night.

Here is the anatomy of the fall using daily candles on the ASX 200:

PERSONAL OPINION

Personal opinion (guesswork) is that we have a typical Trump inspired moment of groundless confidence, another moment of hollow market manipulation. And thats the depth of this bounce. Its hollow, its short term and its not fundamental.

Looking at the real news we have the Qantas impact, the oil war, Italy closed (a whole country closed). And we have a host of downgrades in the pipeline. Theyre coming. BHP have told us they are coming.

BHP said in its recent results statement For 12 months ahead, we assess directional risks to prices across our portfolio are mixed, with the coronavirus outbreak a major source of uncertainty If this viral outbreak is not demonstrably well contained within the March quarter, we expect to revise expectations for economic and commodity demand growth downwards. BHP is warning us that it is cum a profit warning if coronavirus doesnt disappear by the end of this Q (it hasnt). And if BHP is on alert you can imagine the earnings issues for other companies that are more directly exposed.

There are hundreds of companies globally that are yet to publish specific COVID-19 affected earnings guidance, and in Australia we can expect a rash of earnings downgrades as companies get to the end of March and confess to the impact. Downgrades are in the pipeline not just in the travel, tourism, education and cyclical sectors, but in the US, Europe and the rest of the world. Apple, German car manufacturers, its significant and unquantified, the extent of the profit cost is yet to be exposed.

Meanwhile, in Australia, since the results season all the research is brand new and up to date for the February results but is coronavirus unaffected. Its out of date already. At the moment, out of 417 stocks covered by broker research in Australia 286 are trading more than 10% below the average broker target price (over 10% 'cheap'). 94 are trading more than 30% below the average broker target price. Broker research generally does tend to be optimistic but this is out of whack - the research is behind reality and the earnings numbers and target prices need updating.

In which case this Trump bounce appears to be an injection of hollow confidence rather than the representation of a factual improvement in the coronavirus outlook. A real negative economic impact in the first Q is now in the bag, inevitable, the RBA and FOMC rate cuts make that clear, and the debate is not about blind confidence its about how long and deep the economic damage ends up being beyond Q1. And thats still an unknown. In which case any market buying today is speculative at best.

The Marcus Today Team (we run around $40 million of client funds) discussed selling into it this morning (we already have 56% cash and are definitely not buying yet) but decided wed see if it could develop some momentum first, we are due a more material reversal than the last one.

ANATOMY OF THE FALL

Here is a table showing the performance of the ALL ORDS and ASX 200 compared to other international markets in this correction. They are listed in order of worst falls first. The three right hand columns show:

Australian sectors are in grey.

Observations:

STOCKS TO BUY FOR A BOUNCE

(if you are so inclined we arent yet)

For those that want to buy something here is an update of the WHAT TO BUY IF YOU WANT TO BUY lists.

It highlights the stocks that have fallen the most and (mindlessly) suggests that these are the stocks that will bounce the most when market sentiment improves which is did yesterday.

Again I have broken this down into the TOP 50, the NEXT 50 and the WORST OF THE REST. Again the three right hand columns show:

The stocks are listed in order of worst performers since the recent highs first.

TOP 50

Observations Stocks to buy for a bounce:

THE NEXT 50

Observations Stocks to buy for a bounce:

WORST OF THE REST

Observations Stocks to buy for a bounce:

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The Sexual Anatomy Of Women: Vulva and Vagina

March 12, 2020 medical

FEMALE EXTERNAL GENITALIA: VULVA, LABIA, and CLITORIS

The Vulva is the external sexual organ of women. The above view (A)shows the external view of the female vulva as normally seen when the womanis standing up. View (B) shows the vulva when it is opened, and from thetop down one can clearly see the Veneris Mons, clitoral hood, clitoris,and labia minora. There are many questions about the vulva on alt.sex,and this FAQ will begin to attempt to answer some of these.

The above illustrations show the area between the labia minora. Fromtop to bottom can be clearly seen the clitoris, urethral opening, and vaginalopening. A, B, and C show vaginal openings with a normal hymen,a membrane that partially covers the opening. The hymen is the traditional"symbol" of virginity, although being a very thin membrane, itcan be torn by vigorous exercise or the insertion of a tampon. IllustrationD shows an imperforate hymen that completely closes the vagina; this rarecondition requires surgical intervention to provide for a normal flow ofblood once menstruation begins. Illustration E is of a vagina in a post-partumwoman (one who has given birth).

The Grafenberg spot, or G-spot, is an area located within the anterior(or front) wall of the vagina, about one centimetre from the surface andone-third to one-half way in from the vaginal opening (see illustrationand text). It is reported to consist of a system of glands (Skene's glands)and ducts that surround the urethra (Heath, 1984). Some authors write thatyou must press "deeply" into the tissue with two fingers to reachit with any effectiveness.

The significance of the G-spot is that some women (about half) reportthat it is a highly sensitive area that under the right conditions canbe very pleasurable if stimulated. For some women, it can be a primarysource of stimulation leading to orgasm during intercourse. Other womenreport no particular stimulation, and some say that it feels as if theyneed to urinate.

The G-Spot has been linked to the phenomenon known as female ejaculation.To date, there is little data about female ejaculation, although thereis some speculation that it is the product of the Skene's glands.

Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a rare but serious illness which can occurin men, women and children. About half the number of cases reported areassociated with using tampons and affect a tiny number of women every year--only about 1 out of every 1.5 million women who have periods. TSS can occasionallybe fatal.

Toxic Shock Syndrome can be treated successfully providing it is recognisedquickly, and most young people make a full recovery. Younger people maymore at risk from the bacteria which are believed to cause this rare condition,because their immune system may not be fully developed.

In the unlikely event that you have these symptoms during your period--ahigh fever (over 102F or 39C), rash, vomiting, diarrhoea, sore throat,dizziness or fainting - you must remove your tampon and consult yourdoctor immediately. These symptoms can be early warning signs of TSS,which can develop very quickly and may seem like flu to begin with.

Do not worry about wasting the doctor's time and remember to say youhave been wearing a tampon. Do not use tampons again without checking firstwith your doctor.

By using tampons correctly and following the advice below, you willreduce the risk of developing TSS.

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Jerrika Hinton on her ‘Hunters’ role and her ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ fans: ‘I appreciate them’ – EW.com

March 12, 2020 medical

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I’m Sad That Alex Has Left Grey’s Anatomy, but I’m Devastated That Meredith Lost Her Person – POPSUGAR

March 12, 2020 medical

When a show is on the air for as long as Grey's Anatomy has been, you're bound to say goodbye to beloved characters. We've had to mourn Derek Shepherd, say "bon voyage" to Cristina Yang, and watch plenty of other doctors abruptly walk out of Grey Sloan Memorial forever.

But in all honesty, the medical drama's latest exit is hitting me a lot harder than any of these past doctors have I'm not ready to say goodbye to Alex Karev.

Aside from Meredith Grey, Alex had been the last original intern we met way back in season one. He starts off as an "evil spawn" who doesn't care about his impact on others. That doesn't last long, though, because the problematic, cocky first-year surgical intern ends up becoming the head of pediatrics at Grey Sloan and earns himself the prize of best character development the show has seen (which might be questionable after his shocking departure).

As Alex grows as a doctor, we watch his friendship with Meredith grow even stronger. It's safe to say the pair go through a lot together: mass shootings, jail stints, hospital shake-ups, plenty of funerals, and the list goes on. Through it all, Alex and Meredith are there for each other unconditionally, as he slides into her "person" slot once occupied by Cristina.

Something I really appreciate about Alex and Meredith's friendship is how the writers never pushed a romantic relationship between them. While almost everyone else ends up in an on-call room together at some point, these two remain completely platonic, and that's what makes their friendship so strong. Sure, their closeness causes some trouble between Alex and Jo early in their relationship (Meredith literally kicks Jo out of bed so she can talk to Alex), but that quickly ends once Meredith says she's just looking out for him. If the show ever made them love interests, we never would have gotten the feel-good Alex and Meredith friendship we've come to know and love.

I'd be lying if I said Meredith and Alex wasn't the main reason I've been so devoted to this show for so long. The way I see it, Alex and Meredith's relationship is the heart of Grey's Anatomy. Whenever something hectic is happening, we can rely on the duo to give us some much-needed commentary on what's going in their own gloomy ways. They give advice, support each other, share a bottle of tequila, and give the other person a wake-up call when necessary. They're not afraid to challenge each other or hurt each other's feelings because they know it's what the other needs to hear.

After 16 seasons, we've gotten to see some iconic moments between Alex and Meredith. She covers up for him after he beats up Andrew DeLuca. Alex is the first person to make Meredith feel better in the hospital after a patient attacks her. Meredith officiates his wedding. Alex rounds up all of Meredith's former patients so she can keep her medical license. When one friend is in pain, so is the other. They've gone through everything together, and I'm not sure how it's going to be now that he's gone.

Part of me wants to be happy for Alex, who seems at peace with Izzie Stevens and his two kids living on a farm in Kansas. But the other part of me feels the show is incomplete without him. Meredith once said she wouldn't know what she would do without Alex, and now we're all going to find out. She'll once again be left without her "person" and have to find a new normal without her funny, tough, and unconditionally loving partner constantly by her side. And as a viewer, I'll have to accept that my favorite character is officially gone.

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The anatomy of the new bear market – Livemint

March 12, 2020 medical

For stock market investors, it is turning bad to worse. The resulting risk-off taking place as the coronavirus epidemic escalates was an unforeseen event just a few months ago. Now with the World Health Organisation declaring it a pandemic, stock markets have entered into bear territory in quick time. In fact, this is one of the quickest collapses of the bull market since the global financial crisis in 2009.

For investors, now the question is how long will this bear run continue.

While the financial crisis was due to a few banks going belly up and the resultant lack of trust in credit markets, the markets took as much as two years to recover. But now the risk to the market is even higher as the potential damage to economies around the world due to the coronavirus still unfurls.

In fact, the outbreak of the coronavirus comes at a time when the Indian economy is growing at its slowest pace in years with the GDP print for the third-quarter coming in at a mere 4.7%.

The market volatility is also heightened by the fact that governments across the world are taking unprecedented measures to stop the virus from spreading. The Indian government just restricted foreigners access to India, sending travel, hotel and airline stocks into tailspin. Besides, shutting down factories and world production to contain the virus adds another blow to the bear market.

This time the bear market may be much different compared to even the 2009 global financial crisis, and some others that hit the Indian markets in the past. Usually, bear markets see a demand squeeze while credit markets do their best to restart the growth engines. But this time, the bear market is more of a supply as well as a demand shock. Besides, experts say, its more of a psychological shock as well.

This is evident from the fact that despite more central banks cutting policy rates, stocks still took a knock into bear territory. The market will be relieved if a cure or a vaccine is found for the coronavirus. Stimulus and other measures will hardly have an impact till we see the infection rate coming down drastically. Hence, this is a bear market more driven by fear than actual economics," said a market expert.

So even as more central banks responded by cutting policy rates, stock markets turned bearish due to a consumption slowdown. For now, much will hinge on when the coronavirus is contained than anything else.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Adds Newcomers Anthony Hill and Sherri Saum – PopCulture.com

March 12, 2020 medical

The halls of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital are getting a little fuller. On Monday, it was confirmed that Grey's Anatomy is adding Anthony Hill (Watchmen) and Sherri Saum (Locke & Key) to the cast of the ABC medical drama. According to Deadline, they will be introduced in "Love of My Life," which is set to air on Thursday, March 26.

At this time, few details regarding their roles have been made available, though they will reportedly portray people from Teddy (Kim Raver) and Maggie's (Kelly McCreary) pasts, whom they run into at the LA Surgical Innovation Conference.

Hill will take on the role of Winston, "a past resident at Tufts who Maggie used to work with," while Saum will portray "an old friend of Teddy's."

They will be joining an existing cast that, along with Raver and McCreary, includes Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery, Caterina Scorsone as Amelia Shepherd, Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson, Kelly McCreary as Maggie Pierce, Raver as Teddy Altman, Giacomo Gianniotti as Andrew DeLuca, Greg Germann as Tom Koracick, Chris Carmack as Atticus "Link" Lincoln, and Jake Borelli as Levi Schmitt.

The casting news comes less than a week after Grey's aired its farewell episode for Justin Chambers' Dr. Alex Karev. Chambers, who had starred on the drama since its series premiere back in 2005, had announced in January that he had made the decision to part ways with the series.

"There's no good time to say goodbye to a show and character that's defined so much of my life for the past 15 years," Chambers announced at the time. "For some time now, however, I have hoped to diversify my acting roles and career choices. And, as I turn 50 and am blessed with my remarkable, supportive wife and five wonderful children, now is that time."

"As I move on from Grey's Anatomy, I want to thank the ABC family, Shonda Rimes, original cast members Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens, and the rest of the amazing cast and crew, both past and present, and, of course, the fans for an extraordinary ride," he added.

Chambers' final episode, "Leave a Light On," aired on Thursday, March 5 and drew mixed reactions from fans.

New episodes of Grey's Anatomy air Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

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A million-dollar gift shines a spotlight on the Schneck Anatomy Lab – Temple University News

March 10, 2020 medical

The right class inspires you for a lifetime. Thats how S. Jay Hirsh, MED 70, feels. Its why he donated $1 million to the Schneck Gross Anatomy Lab at the Lewis Katz School of Medicinea gift to the school that helped shape his career as a doctor.

His donation will create the S. Jay Hirsh, MD Endowed Anatomy Lab Fund, which will help ensure students in the lab always have access to the most sophisticated environment and tools for teaching and learning.

Named in honor of Carson D. Schneck, MED 59, 65, who taught at the Katz School of Medicine for five decades, the Gross Anatomy Labgross in this sense means largeis home to the first course medical students take at Temple and serves as their introduction to medical school as a whole.

Every day, for seven weeks, first-year students work their way across the human body in stages, from the limbs to body cavities to the head, dissecting specific regions one at a time.

There are no lectures. Instead, professors lead conferences in which students discuss medical cases that help put the anatomy they have studied into a clinical context.

Popoff teaches students in the lab. (Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg)

We teach an anatomy course here that is really taught strictly from the basis of clinical correlation, said Steven N. Popoff, the John Franklin Huber Chair of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Katz School of Medicine, who teaches in the lab.

Clinical correlation is an approach that encourages students to make diagnoses based on a combination of physical examinations, clinical findings, medical history and imaging results. Students dissect the head and neck, for example, then discuss diseases or injuries which affect the function of specific cranial nerves.

Theyre not just memorizing structure without having any context to put it in, Popoff said. Theyre learning anatomy thats then put into some form of clinical context.

Students receive a study guide and dissection manual developed by Temples faculty, and electronic copies of the Schneck Notes: More than 400 pages, written mostly by Schneck, that focus on the clinical relevance of the anatomy they study.

They are also taught how to look at anything from a simple X-ray to an MRI scan, becoming familiar with the imaging technology they will use as practicing doctors.

With imaging and computer programs an increasingly important part of teaching anatomy, Hirshs gift will support the labs investments in new technology and ensure its always ready to serve the next generation of students.

For a first course, Popoff said, [the lab] certainly gives them a real taste of medical school that sets it apart from previous educational experiences they have had.

Students consult electronic copies of their study guides and dissection manuals as they work. (Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg)

Besides being their first class, the lab is also the first contact most students have with cadavers. I know a lot of students are timid at firstI definitely wasto pick up a scalpel and make that first incision, said Harrison Davis, a first-year medical student.

Theyre worried they might harm the body in front of them, even though the person isnt alive.

Not everybody wants to be a surgeon. Some people really love it. Every day they load the scalpel with a blade and they get right to it. And other people, thats not their thing, Davis said. A lot of students have to go past their comfort zone.

The cadaver is your first patient, said Anne Coyle, a second year. Working on one in the lab encourages you to figure out how to learn and get what you need from them and also make sure to respect who they are or were.

For Coyle, her hands-on experience in the lab was the turning point for her deciding to become a surgeon. Everything was so tangible, she said. The things in anatomy are things that Ill never forget learning.

The lab also changes the way students see the human body, a biological wonder we often take for granted.

Take the heart. Its pumping every single second of your life. But then youre actually seeing it in a persons body and holding it, Coyle said. For me it just takes it to a whole other level of connection.

No two bodies are completely alike. Every cadaver is different. Every persons anatomy is different, said Justin Ly, also a second-year student. They all have similar structures, but how they look on different body types is completely different.

For some medical students, anatomy class is a rite of passage. (Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg)

In their fourth year, students can choose to go back into the lab for a refresher on what theyve learned and to specialize in the anatomy that interests them.

Everything else that you do in medical school, I think theres really not many instances where you dont think back to the organs in the body, or just the anatomy, said Anthony Coppola, a fourth year.

Its almost like a rite of passage, he said. When youre doing anatomy you feel like you truly are a medical student because youre doing something so different, something that not many students are privileged to get to do.

Working in the lab taught Hirsh a great deal besides anatomy. It taught me that I was now part of a group of very special men and women who were on a long journey to becoming a doctor, he said. It taught me companionship. It taught me family values, and it taught me to respect the body that we were working on.

He remembers all his teachers fondly, but Schneck, who had just begun his teaching career when Hirsh met him, stood out. He was an extremely brilliant gentleman who loved his work, Hirsh said. He knew how to teach, he knew what to teach. And he was like an encyclopedia.

Hirsh had wanted to make a significant gift to the Katz School of Medicine for a long time. It wasnt something new. It was something I always wanted to do, he said. Because Temple, this institution was the first institution that really made me believe that I was part of their family.

Thats something that got me through medical school, being, feeling like I was part of that place. It meant so much to me.

Make a gift to support the excellent medical education, research and clinical care at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine by visiting: giving.temple.edu/givetomed.

Edirin Oputu

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